Garbage Collection Service

The Town provides weekly curbside garbage collection to approximately 9,000 residential accounts and twice a week service to more than 220 commercial accounts. At the Town's current growth rate, approximately 2 new customers sign up for garbage/recycle service every day of the year. Rear loading vehicles are used to collect garbage from 95-gallon capacity roll-out carts which are provided to residents at no cost.

The green roll-out container is for household garbage such as kitchen scraps and small items. It is not to be used for disposal of recyclables, yard waste, liquids, dirt, masonry, rock, metal, wood, building materials, ashes, loose diapers, animal waste, contractor waste, fluorescent light tubes, electronic waste or hazardous waste.

Do not put cardboard out with your garbage. Cardboard is picked up by the Town on your regular recycle day. Boxes are to be broken down and placed beside your recycle cart at the curb for pick-up.Cardboard pick-up service is only available for residential accounts. We do not provide cardboard recycle service for commercial accounts.

Appliance Pick-up

Pick up is on Monday. There is a $10 fee per appliance that must be paid by 5 pm on Friday at the Finance Office prior to scheduling.

Bulky Items

Pick up is on Monday for items that are too large to fit in your garbage cart. Requests should be made by 5 pm on Friday at 919-753-1027. There is no fee for this residential customer service. The town does not collect construction materials, treated wood or pallets or hazardous waste materials. Visit the Wake County Waste & Recycling for proper disposal of these items.

Holiday Collection

Thanksgiving pick up is on Friday and Christmas pick-up is determine according to date. Garbage collection is not affected on any other holiday.

If a holiday falls on Monday, bulky items and appliance pick-up will be on Tuesday.